FA Cup: Round 1

No-one's suggesting you drop the comp, Newman. I'm sure it is perfectly easy to play, once the rules have been explained, but ODM and I have asked a couple of fairly straightforward questions to try to clarify a part of the rules which is unclear, and so far you've pointed us in the direction of a thread which doesn't seem to provide an answer, and then suggested maybe it's best to drop the comp altogether, rather than just answering the questions.

Don't want to appear rude or ungrateful when you're using your free time to run a comp on here, but if you're going to run it, I don't think it's unreasonable to want clarification of the rules before it starts.

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BTW, I strongly suggest it is only the brave who will be prepared to bet on a drawn game.
I don't recommend it and almost certainly not do so until perhaps the later stages [semis]

Jeez, Newman, it's like trying to interview a politician here There are two simple questions above, and instead of just answering the questions directly, you go off on a tangent about the spreadsheet (which is pretty ambiguous) and the letters used in the columns.

Question no. 1:

If you want to back a draw, do you have to specify your predicted winner and stake for the replay at the same time?

A simple "Yes" or "No" is all that's needed. Even if you don't know how it's done in the original competition, it doesn't really matter, you're in charge, just decide what you prefer and go with it. It just needs to be clarified so that everyone knows how it works before the competition starts.

Question no.2 (only relevant if the answer to question no. 1 is "yes"):

What happens to your stake for the replay if the original match doesn't end as a draw? Is it refunded, or lost along with the stake on the original match?

Again, it doesn't really matter how it's done in the original comp, all that matters is how you plan to do it here in this comp.

Jeez, Newman, it's like trying to interview a politician here There are two simple questions above, and instead of just answering the questions directly, you go off on a tangent about the spreadsheet (which is pretty ambiguous) and the letters used in the columns.

Question no. 1:

If you want to back a draw, do you have to specify your predicted winner and stake for the replay at the same time?

A simple "Yes" or "No" is all that's needed. Even if you don't know how it's done in the original competition, it doesn't really matter, you're in charge, just decide what you prefer and go with it. It just needs to be clarified so that everyone knows how it works before the competition starts.

Question no.2 (only relevant if the answer to question no. 1 is "yes"):

What happens to your stake for the replay if the original match doesn't end as a draw? Is it refunded, or lost along with the stake on the original match?

Again, it doesn't really matter how it's done in the original comp, all that matters is how you plan to do it here in this comp.

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I added to my original post and posted at same time as yours.
Q1 YES
Q2 Player cannot lose money on 2nd game if 1st game doesn't end up in draw.

FA Cup rules & regs:
In rounds up to and including the fifth round proper, fixtures resulting in a draw (after normal time) go to a replay, played at the venue of the away team, at a later date; if that replay is still tied, the winner is settled by a period of extra time, and if still necessary, a penalty shootout.

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I think you've answered my query with the above but, just to check, your post above suggests that if I go for 50pts on a draw in the alfreton fleetwood game with 200 staked on fleetwood to win the replay and the first game is drawn but fleetwood go through on penalties, would make 250 points, even though fleetwood only drew both games in 90 minutes. Is that right.

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